Posted on 02/03/2024 9:40:07 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s embattled army chief has said the country cannot match Russia’s manpower without taking “unpopular measures”, in a veiled swipe at Volodymyr Zelensky.
General Valery Zaluzhny called on his political masters to “seize the moment” as he alluded to Mr Zelensky’s reluctance to back his call for a military draft of up to 500,000 people.
The popular general, who is expected to be sacked within days according to numerous reports, went public with his views in an op-ed for the US network CNN on Thursday.
He wrote: “We must acknowledge the significant advantage enjoyed by the enemy in mobilising human resources and how that compares with the inability of state institutions in Ukraine to improve the manpower levels of our armed forces without the use of unpopular measures.”
Gen Zaluzhny has long argued that as many as half a million people may need to be called up if Kyiv is to successfully counter Russia’s overwhelmingly superior troop numbers.
The dispute between the Ukrainian president and his army chief has spilled into the public eye amid growing concerns about the West’s commitment to continue funding Kyiv.
The EU finally agreed a €50 billion (£42.6 billion) package on Thursday after Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, ended his months-long holdout in the face of intense pressure from the bloc’s 26 other members.
But concerns remain over the delay to approve a new round of funding by the US, a lynchpin in the Western coalition backing Ukraine.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What failures? Putin’s generals are dead and this war is O....V.....E.....R!!!! I read it hear on this forum.
Kabuki theater!
Taylor Swift, the Super Bowl and the conspiracy theories gripping Trump’s MAGA base- Rozina Sabur
Supporters of former president have branded billionaire singer’s romance with American football player a Democrat plot to re-elect Biden
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/02/01/taylor-swift-kelce-superbowl-conspiracy-democrat-psyop/
Mitch and Chuckie’s uni-party wants to keep funneling billions of unaudited, U.S. dollars into the massive, Ukrainian sinkhole.
” War doesn’t determine who is right; only who is left “.
I don't need a precise date, just a guess, two decades? Three?
Care for some more popcorn?
No more popcorn for me. I am laughing at the Zeepers so hard I tried to eject piece through my nostrils and it hurts like hell. But I am also crying because I am assured that Ukraine is on the edge of ejecting the Russians. A couple of $100B a year for the next decade or two should get ‘er done. Of course there is the rebuilding Ukraine fund that still requires some taxpayer donations on top of that. I would guess $10T should cover it for the next few years anyway.
I believe Zelensky’s best option is to date Taylor Swift and invite Pope Karl II to perform a climate change exorcism in Kyiv.
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